Aug. 27th, 2009

I forgot to blog yesterday, so here is the scoop on yesterday at clinic. The TA's and other instructors are really nice! Love them! I got to practice eaglesoft a bit and am feeling more confident in it. I'm sure I'll be able to pass it off no problem on Monday. It was way fun to work with the air/water syringe and HVE (is that how you say it? The suction) for the first time. What a blast!!! I loved spraying off those teeth in my typodont (is that what you call it?)! It was fun looking for different angles to view the mouth and practicing sitting up straight in the chair. That will for sure take some work because I slouch all the time. Everything was just so fun and exciting! To be honest, I wasn't to fond of the video. I saw a few students nodding off next to me and I was really tempted to do the same. Not the most exciting video, but I think I learned a thing or two about protecting myself against the spread of infection. I still am confused about what I'm supposed to be studying for classes and I guess what is excepted of me in general. I guess the first week is just easy because I don't know what to do for homework. I guess reading but I'm wondering what to read. Hopefully I'll get things figured out soon. Well, that is about it. I had afternoon clinic so it was really nice sleeping in. Until next time. Loves!

Aug. 24th. First day of School

Hey Ya'll,

Today was crazy fun, ey?! Loved it! And lets hear it for the teachers! Aren't they great and fun! So far I'm loving this program. I still don't know what is going on, but I'm sure that will all come in time. The seniors have been telling me it takes a couple weeks. My pod partners are amazing! I don't know much because I don't have much experience, so they are great to show me around. I love them already! I loved putting my instruments away in my drawer. I felt so official. Radiology was a blast too! My first film, sweet! Man we have great instructors in there. I've only taken one good slide in my life and two altogether so they were great to help me. My goal in radiology is to get better at the angle in which I take the film, if that makes sense. There was a little overlapping with the teeth and I'm, to be honest, a little confused as to where to line up the cone with the film. I hope my terminology was okay. That should be another goal for me. I want to learn this terminology quickly so I can be more professional like and people will know what I'm talking about. Unfortunately I have found that my computer is not wanting to let me see or print off modules, so I'll have to take a trip to the library tomorrow. No problem. It'll all work out. I was having trouble access this blog sight too for a while, so that was scary, but as you can see I got it figured out. So, yeah, overall it was a great day. I look forward to practicing eaglesoft on Wednesday and getting this whole system all figured out. Right now my only frustration is not knowing what books to bring, but that will come in time I'm sure. I'm looking forward with great anticipation to class tomorrow. Head neck anatomy, oh yeah! Bring it on! Hope ya'll had as fun of a day as I had! Loves!

Sharli

August 19, 2009 - Orientation

Today is orientation. I feel like a dear in the headlights. Too much information! I'm pretty sure I forgot most of the information that has been shoved into my head already. I'm not stressed though. I'm a believer in taking one step at a time. It is a relief to know that there are many people that are here to help. I'll be fine. We'll all be fine.